The Road to Recovery: Supporting Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Who Have Experienced Trauma

The Road to Recovery: Supporting Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Who Have Experienced Trauma is a training that provides an overview for providers on how to work with children and families who are living with intellectual and development disabilities who have experienced trauma. This Toolkit consists of a Facilitator Guide and a Participant Manual. Together, they are designed to teach basic knowledge, skills, and values about working with children with IDD who have had traumatic experiences, and how to use this knowledge to support children’s safety, well-being, happiness, and recovery through trauma-informed practice.

The Toolkit, in its entirety, is available for download from the Trauma & IDD Toolkit webpage on the NCTSN Learning Center. This page includes the PowerPoint files of the Slidekit; NCTSN videos (i.e., NCTSN PSA & an excerpt from The Promise); Pre-Training and Follow-Up Evaluations (PDF versions & links to online Qualtrics versions); and, all activity files (i.e., a Board Game).

Part 1: Overview of the Content of The Road to Recovery—provides information on the structure of the training, target audience, essential messages, and learning objectives for each Module.

Part 2: Layout of The Road to Recovery Binder—walks through each of the five sections of the binder (i.e., About this Toolkit, Facilitator Notes, Participant Manual, SlideKit, Supplemental Materials) and highlights key components (including the evaluation activities).